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postpositional

postpositional adjective: of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a postposition.

Adjective

postpositional (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a postposition.

Noun

postpositional (plural postpositionals)

  1. A postposition.

Forms of postpositional

pluralpostpositionals

Origin of postpositional

From postposition + -al.

Words formed from postpositional

Phrases with postpositional

Questions about postpositional

What does postpositional mean?
Postpositional means of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a postposition.
What part of speech is postpositional?
Postpositional can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near postpositional in the dictionary

  1. postposing
  2. postposit
  3. postposited
  4. postpositing
  5. postposition
  6. postpositional
  7. postpositional phrase
  8. postpositional phrases
  9. postpositionally
  10. postpositionals
  11. postpositioned

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